This study sought to gather Black Americans' perspectives
on the effectiveness of Civil Rights Organizations (CROs) and to
better understand their views on the future of civil rights in the
United States. Respondents were asked a series of questions regarding
(1) their attachments to CROs, (2) the effectiveness of CROs and
related institutions, (3) future programs of CROs, (4) political and
racially based attitudes and beliefs, and (5) social, economic, and
demographic measures. The ... (more info)

This study sought to gather Black Americans' perspectives
on the effectiveness of Civil Rights Organizations (CROs) and to
better understand their views on the future of civil rights in the
United States. Respondents were asked a series of questions regarding
(1) their attachments to CROs, (2) the effectiveness of CROs and
related institutions, (3) future programs of CROs, (4) political and
racially based attitudes and beliefs, and (5) social, economic, and
demographic measures. The CROs inquired about were the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), The Urban League, and the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Background information on
respondents includes age, highest level of education, and income.

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Universe:
Black Americans at least 18 years of age residing in the
United States.

Data Types:
survey data

Methodology

Sample:
Data were collected from two national random samples. The
first sample consisted of a random selection of listed and unlisted
residential telephone numbers. A total of 400 respondents was obtained
from this source. The second sample consisted of a random selection of
listed household telephone numbers from census tracts in which there
was at least a 30 percent incidence of Blacks. A total of 811
respondents was obtained from this source. Two weights were applied to
the samples to make them comparable to the population of adult Blacks
nationwide. First, the second sample was weighted according to the
distribution of the geographic location of the first sample. Second,
both samples were weighted according to the age distribution of Blacks
as reported in the 1990 estimates from the Bureau of the Census.

Data Source:

telephone interviews

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:2004-10-01

Version History:

2005-12-15 On 2005-08-15 new files were added to one
or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well
as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable,
and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-12-15 to
reflect these additions.